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TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 23 2001

...HUMBERTO STRENGTHENING AND MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...

INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HUMBERTO UNTIL
IT IS SAFELY PAST.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  67.5 WEST OR ABOUT
205 MILES...330 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH
...15 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF
HUMBERTO TO THE WEST OF BERMUDA TODAY.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  65
MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND HUMBERTO COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...110 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTER IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMBERTO MAY AFFECT BERMUDA TODAY WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...30.5 N... 67.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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